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Service Names


PROTOCOL AND SERVICE NAMES


These are the Official Protocol Names as they appear in the Domain
Name System WKS records and the NIC Host Table.  Their use is
described in [RFC952].

A protocol or service may be up to 40 characters taken from the set of
uppercase letters, digits, and the punctuation character hyphen.  It
must start with a letter, and end with a letter or digit.


ARGUS               - ARGUS Protocol
ARP                 - Address Resolution Protocol
AUTH                - Authentication Service
BBN-RCC-MON         - BBN RCC Monitoring
BL-IDM              - Britton Lee Intelligent Database Machine
BOOTP               - Bootstrap Protocol
BOOTPC              - Bootstrap Protocol Client
BOOTPS              - Bootstrap Protocol Server
BR-SAT-MON          - Backroom SATNET Monitoring
CFTP                - CFTP
CHAOS               - CHAOS Protocol
CHARGEN             - Character Generator Protocol
CISCO-FNA           - CISCO FNATIVE
CISCO-TNA           - CISCO TNATIVE
CISCO-SYS           - CISCO SYSMAINT
CLOCK               - DCNET Time Server Protocol
CMOT                - Common Mgmnt Info Ser and Prot over TCP/IP
COOKIE-JAR          - Authentication Scheme
CSNET-NS            - CSNET Mailbox Nameserver Protocol
DAYTIME             - Daytime Protocol
DCN-MEAS            - DCN Measurement Subsystems Protocol
DCP                 - Device Control Protocol
DGP                 - Dissimilar Gateway Protocol
DISCARD             - Discard Protocol
DMF-MAIL            - Digest Message Format for Mail
DOMAIN              - Domain Name System
ECHO                - Echo Protocol
EGP                 - Exterior Gateway Protocol
EHF-MAIL            - Encoding Header Field for Mail
EMCON               - Emission Control Protocol
EMFIS-CNTL          - EMFIS Control Service
EMFIS-DATA          - EMFIS Data Service
FCONFIG             - Fujitsu Config Protocol
FINGER              - Finger Protocol
FTP                 - File Transfer Protocol
FTP-DATA            - File Transfer Protocol Data
GGP                 - Gateway Gateway Protocol
GRAPHICS            - Graphics Protocol
HMP                 - Host Monitoring Protocol
HOST2-NS            - Host2 Name Server
HOSTNAME            - Hostname Protocol
ICMP                - Internet Control Message Protocol
IGMP                - Internet Group Management Protocol
IGP                 - Interior Gateway Protocol
IMAP2               - Interim Mail Access Protocol version 2
INGRES-NET          - INGRES-NET Service
IP                  - Internet Protocol
IPCU                - Internet Packet Core Utility
IPPC                - Internet Pluribus Packet Core
IP-ARC              - Internet Protocol on ARCNET       
IP-ARPA             - Internet Protocol on ARPANET           
IP-CMPRS            - Compressing TCP/IP Headers
IP-DC               - Internet Protocol on DC Networks
IP-DVMRP            - Distance Vector Multicast Routing Protocol
IP-E                - Internet Protocol on Ethernet Networks 
IP-EE               - Internet Protocol on Exp. Ethernet Nets
IP-FDDI             - Transmission of IP over FDDI
IP-HC               - Internet Protocol on Hyperchannnel
IP-IEEE             - Internet Protocol on IEEE 802     
IP-IPX              - Transmission of 802.2 over IPX Networks
IP-MTU              - IP MTU Discovery Options
IP-NETBIOS          - Internet Protocol over NetBIOS Networks
IP-SLIP             - Transmission of IP over Serial Lines
IP-WB               - Internet Protocol on Wideband Network  
IP-X25              - Internet Protocol on X.25 Networks     
IRTP                - Internet Reliable Transaction Protocol
ISI-GL              - ISI Graphics Language Protocol
ISO-TP4             - ISO Transport Protocol Class 4
ISO-TSAP            - ISO TSAP
LA-MAINT            - IMP Logical Address Maintenance
LARP                - Locus Address Resoultion Protocol
LDP                 - Loader Debugger Protocol
LEAF-1              - Leaf-1 Protocol
LEAF-2              - Leaf-2 Protocol
LINK                - Link Protocol
LOC-SRV             - Location Service
LOGIN               - Login Host Protocol
MAIL                - Format of Electronic Mail Messages 
MERIT-INP           - MERIT Internodal Protocol
METAGRAM            - Metagram Relay
MIB                 - Management Information Base
MIT-ML-DEV          - MIT ML Device
MFE-NSP             - MFE Network Services Protocol
MIT-SUBNET          - MIT Subnet Support
MIT-DOV             - MIT Dover Spooler
MPM                 - Internet Message Protocol (Multimedia Mail)
MPM-FLAGS           - MPM Flags Protocol
MPM-SND             - MPM Send Protocol
MSG-AUTH            - MSG Authentication Protocol
MSG-ICP             - MSG ICP Protocol
MUX                 - Multiplexing Protocol
NAMESERVER          - Host Name Server
NETBIOS-DGM         - NETBIOS Datagram Service
NETBIOS-NS          - NETBIOS Name Service
NETBIOS-SSN         - NETBIOS Session Service
NETBLT              - Bulk Data Transfer Protocol
NETED               - Network Standard Text Editor
NETRJS              - Remote Job Service
NI-FTP              - NI File Transfer Protocol
NI-MAIL             - NI Mail Protocol
NICNAME             - Who Is Protocol
NFILE               - A File Access Protocol
NNTP                - Network News Transfer Protocol
NSW-FE              - NSW User System Front End
NTP                 - Network Time Protocol
NVP-II              - Network Voice Protocol
OSPF                - Open Shortest Path First Interior GW Protocol
PCMAIL              - Pcmail Transport Protocol
POP2                - Post Office Protocol - Version 2
POP3                - Post Office Protocol - Version 3
PPP                 - Point-to-Point Protocol
PRM                 - Packet Radio Measurement
PUP                 - PUP Protocol
PWDGEN              - Password Generator Protocol
QUOTE               - Quote of the Day Protocol
RARP                - A Reverse Address Resolution Protocol
RATP                - Reliable Asynchronous Transfer Protocol
RE-MAIL-CK          - Remote Mail Checking Protocol
RDP                 - Reliable Data Protocol
RIP                 - Routing Information Protocol 
RJE                 - Remote Job Entry
RLP                 - Resource Location Protocol
RTELNET             - Remote Telnet Service
RVD                 - Remote Virtual Disk Protocol
SAT-EXPAK           - Satnet and Backroom EXPAK
SAT-MON             - SATNET Monitoring
SEP                 - Sequential Exchange Protocol
SFTP                - Simple File Transfer Protocol
SGMP                - Simple Gateway Monitoring Protocol
SNMP                - Simple Network Management Protocol
SMI                 - Structure of Management Information
SMTP                - Simple Mail Transfer Protocol
SQLSRV              - SQL Service
ST                  - Stream Protocol
STATSRV             - Statistics Service
SU-MIT-TG           - SU/MIT Telnet Gateway Protocol
SUN-RPC             - SUN Remote Procedure Call
SUPDUP              - SUPDUP Protocol
SUR-MEAS            - Survey Measurement
SWIFT-RVF           - Remote Virtual File Protocol
TACACS-DS           - TACACS-Database Service
TACNEWS             - TAC News
TCP                 - Transmission Control Protocol
TCP-ACO             - TCP Alternate Checksum Option
TELNET              - Telnet Protocol
TFTP                - Trivial File Transfer Protocol
THINWIRE            - Thinwire Protocol
TIME                - Time Server Protocol
TP-TCP              - ISO Transport Service on top of the TCP
TRUNK-1             - Trunk-1 Protocol
TRUNK-2             - Trunk-2 Protocol
UCL                 - University College London Protocol
UDP                 - User Datagram Protocol
NNTP                - Network News Transfer Protocol
USERS               - Active Users Protocol
UUCP-PATH           - UUCP Path Service
VIA-FTP             - VIA Systems-File Transfer Protocol
VISA                - VISA Protocol
VMTP                - Versatile Message Transaction Protocol
WB-EXPAK            - Wideband EXPAK
WB-MON              - Wideband Monitoring
XNET                - Cross Net Debugger
XNS-IDP             - Xerox NS IDP


REFERENCES

[RFC952] Harrenstien, K., Stahl, M., and E. Feinler, "DoD Internet
         Host Table Specification", RFC 952, SRI, October 1985.

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